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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the function of vitamin C?






2. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






3. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






4. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






5. When does BMR decrease?






6. The higher the BMR a client has --






7. Where can you get more vitamin D?






8. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






9. What foods have high quality protein?






10. What function is vitamin A?






11. What is RDA of protein?






12. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






13. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






14. What is normal BMI?






15. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






16. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






17. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






18. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






19. How many calories/gram is protein?






20. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






21. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






22. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






23. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






24. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






25. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






26. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






27. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






28. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






29. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






30. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






31. Sources of fats






32. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






33. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






34. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






35. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






36. What are healthy sources of fats?






37. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






38. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






39. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






40. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






41. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






42. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






43. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






44. What is the function of vitamin E?






45. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






46. What is normal albumin levels?






47. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






48. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






49. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






50. What does DASH stand for?